Here are three studies you may want to have a look at: 1. Lu, Lanldsverk, Ellis-Macleod, Newton, Ganger & Johnson: Race, ethnicity and case outcomes in child protective services--Children and Youth Services Review, 26 (2004) 447-461 2. Lau, McCabe, Yeh, Garland, Hough, Landsverk: Race/Ethnicity and rates of self-reported maltreatment among high-risk youth in public sectors of care--Child Maltreatment, Volume 8, Issue 3, August 2003 3. Hines, Lemon, Wyatt, Merdinger: Factors related to the disproprotionate involvement of children of color in the child welfare system: a review and emerging themes--Children and Youth Services Review, 26 (2004) 507-527 Liz Joe Ryan wrote: > There are not too many studies in this area – yet plenty of > assumptions about the role of child welfare and overrepresentation in > JJ. One article that you should read is: /from maltreatment report to > juvenile incarceration: the role of child welfare services/ > (Jonson-Reid & Barth, 2000). This study might only look at the most > serious offenders (CYA intakes) but it focuses on the issue you raise. > > Joe > > Joseph P. Ryan, Ph.D. > > School of Social Work > > Children and Family Research Center > > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > > 1207 West Oregon Street > > Urbana IL 61801 > > 217-244-5235 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@xxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@xxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of > *Carey Belanger > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 07, 2006 9:01 AM > *To:* Child Maltreatment Researchers > *Subject:* minority overrepresentation > > Dear List Members, I have read the postings for a while but this is my > first request for information. I recall a series of postings about > child welfare contributing to the overrepresentation of african > american youth in the juvenile justice system. There was some debate > about the accuracy of this claim. Are there any publication on this > specific topic? If not, how would someone go about answering this > question. > > Carey > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
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